#(muse: lacey)

[ofdesertroses]

open starter @boneyardstarters location: pizza overlord when: late april, a little after 10 pm with: lacey & open ( 2/4 )

“It was Elvis impersonation night at the Rivera.” Lacey tells the little old lady watching him after he placed his order for pizza. He gives her a gentle nod before grabbing his drink and heading towards an open table. He could feel the woman's eyes still on him as he takes a seat at table.

But he ignores it and forces himself to not stare at her back. Lacey didn't like being spotted with his hair still styled as Elvis. He wasn't sure if he was doing it right. He was having fun though pretending to be "human" for a second despite wanting to rip everyone's throats out. He controlled himself and was a good vampire who worked hard to be normal like the ones around him. He must have been doing it right since he got many compliments from other Elvis impersonators. Which was fine because as far as he knew, they weren't cats and his secret was safe with Lacey. It's kind of funny how a vampire is scared of getting caught performing as Elvis rather than drink blood from someone.

He sighs as he finally looks around the rest of the restaurant, taking a look at who's about. It's then that he finally sees that he sat at a table already occupied by another person. "Please ignore how I look. I can only take one person staring at me 'cause of how I'm dressed." He's pretty sure the person has more important things to worry about. But yet he still finds himself wanting to strike up a conversation. "Do you like pineapple on pizza?"

[kisscflife]

Ayako had curled up with a good book in her dorm room. She was engrossed in the romance novel so much that she failed to notice the commotion outside— that is, until her roommate Lacey began to yell.

“That’s them! The weird person who smells gross like a human. Don’t look at them, their ugliness might blind you!” The Sylph’s high-pitched voice carried, interrupting Aya’s reading time.

Sighing, the Faerie yanked open the door before she collided with someone. She let out a yelp, and blinked in surprise. Lacey had run off with her stuck up clique, laughing as she continued to insult mortals.

“I see you’ve met my roommate from Hell.” Aya stated, gathering some of the other’s belongings that had fallen to the floor. There was no mistaking the stranger’s odd scent; they definitely weren’t Fae. Still, the other student could just as easily be of mixed heritage. “What brings you to this realm? Any reason why you’d want to attend school here?” The majority of students at Meadows High School were Faerie, so if someone was noticeably different they became a laughingstock. “Is that everything? Oh. Wait, that’s mine!” She quickly snatched the sappy novel from their belongings and chuckled sheepishly.

“Anyway, you should probably head to the Principal’s office.” Regardless of who they were, there was a strict no-bullying policy. Lacey might find herself in detention again, but said Sylph honestly had it coming.

[kisscflife]

“Snow White makes cooking and cleaning seem so easy.” Lacey grumbled, dragging a wet mop across the filthy restaurant floor. She looked to her co-worker before complaining again, “We can’t just whistle while we work, our boss would chew us out! Which reminds me...” The faerie lowered her voice. “He’s not back from lunch yet, is he?”

[kisscflife]

Ambroise refused to leave home after his friend’s sudden disappearance. What if Lacey returned? As the days slowly passed the Android by, the LED circle light on his temple flickered from yellow to red— indicating his grief and low power level. Without even realizing it, he grabbed a hobby knife and carved the word rA9 all over the living room walls. Only when he sensed another Android’s presence did he cease writing. “How did you get in here?” He demanded, abruptly turning to face the stranger. He wiped his tear stained cheeks and stared at them.

[kisscflife]

-sniffs at Lacey- "You're not Lydia..."

Lacey’s eyebrows arch in surprise. “I don’t know who Lydia is, but I’m sure she’s a beauty queen. After all, I’m gorgeous.” She giggles, and runs a hand through her wavy tresses.

[kisscflife]

Continued from here “If you did that, I highly doubt he’d know the reference. Cillian comes from a dimension that’s literally somewhere over the rainbow. The creators of The Wizard Of Oz might have been onto something when they wrote that song.” Cillian happened to walk by after Lacey tried to explain his home to Mallory. “What’re ye two talkin’ about? Ya loot any treasure today?” @glitchexmachina

[kisscflife]

Lacey had been sunbathing and lazing around the forest in common fairy form. She was just about to nod off when somebody snatched her up and threw her in a bottle. “Ouch! What in Oberon’s name?” Her heart began to race as she realized just what happened; she was trapped. The Sylph tried using aero magic to escape the confined space, but the lid on the container refused to budge once it shut. Falling to her knees, she clenched both hands into fists and pounded on the glass. Her captor shook the bottle quickly, in turn making Lacey feel sick to her stomach. “That’s... enough!”

Someone or something must have startled the mortal, for they carelessly dropped the glass prison before it shattered into many tiny pieces.

Lacey wasted no time in returning to her normal size. She needed a moment to recover from that horrific experience before scanning the surroundings. Emerald hues eventually settled on someone behind a tree, near a clearing in the woods. “Hey, you!” The redhead shouted, cracking her dainty knuckles. She stomped towards the stranger, already assuming they were the human who tried to capture her. “What you did was beyond rude. Apologize this instant or you’ll be sorry!”

[kisscflife]

Lacey stared at her trembling hands in disbelief, the shock of losing her wind magic overwhelming her. She was nearly out of the forest when she was reduced to tears. Slumping against a tree trunk, the Sylph sobbed loudly. First, Oberon got into a shouting match with the Seelie Queen, and then her best friend didn’t invite Lace to her baby shower. “Some friend Aya is.” She choked out. To add insult to injury the redhead was powerless and unable to pass through the enchanted veil that led to her home realm.

“I want to go back to before I lost everything. But that’s impossible.” The Sylph hiccuped and wiped tears from her eyes. She managed to calm herself long enough to hear a twig snap nearby.

“Hello? Uh... is someone there?” Hopefully nobody had witnessed Lacey break down. She felt beyond exposed; vulnerable.